Library Specialist II

Job Title Library Specialist II Agency Texas A&M University Department Libraries Proposed Minimum Salary $17.25 hourly Job Location College Station, Texas Job Type Staff Job Description

We’re looking for a detail-oriented and hands-on professional who is passionate about preserving library collections and mentoring student workers. In this role, you’ll be responsible for training and supervising student employees, as well as coordinating the organization and upkeep of all Preservation Lab spaces. You will assess library general collection items and recommend appropriate preservation services and treatments for damaged or fragile materials.

You will maintain the equipment within the listed lab areas, ensuring their proper function, accessibility, and safe use. The ideal candidate is organized, dependable, and comfortable balancing routine tasks with specialized preservation work. If you enjoy behind-the-scenes work that directly supports the long-term stewardship of collections, we'd love to hear from you.

Must be able to work Monday through Friday, daytime hours (8am to 5pm).

• Student Employee Supervision and Training
  - Hires, trains, coaches, supervises, and evaluates student employees in the lab who are engaged in repairing books, creating enclosures, and transferring materials. Directs related workflows, provides immediate feedback and guidance, and approves work schedules and timesheets. Serves as the unit liaison to Ask Us personnel for damaged materials, documenting. Patron Damage to report to the Business Office.
• Preservation Lab Coordination
  - Coordinates the organization and upkeep of all Preservation Lab spaces, outside of the Conservation Lab, including the book repair/enclosures work area, flex space, intake and storage areas, as well as the anteroom and adjacent portions of the office suite. Maintains all equipment within the listed lab areas, ensuring their proper function, accessibility, and safe use. Ensures accessibility of all necessary materials and supplies for lab workers.
  
  Assists the Preservation Librarian with facilitating the use of the flex space and adjacent areas by personnel external to the Preservation Unit for instructional purposes or donor-related events.
• Preservation Repair and Enclosures
  - Assesses the condition of library general collection items and recommends appropriate preservation services and treatments for damaged or fragile materials. Uses Preservation and Conservation knowledge to perform repairs and treatments on said materials, such as tear repair, hinge tightening, new cases, spine repairs/Rebacks, tip‑ins, pockets, velo binding, surface cleaning, pamphlet stitching, sewing signatures, as well as others determined by the Preservation Librarian.
  
  Constructs boxes, four‑flaps, mylar and colibri covers, and other protective enclosures for library collections items. Documents statistics of all work performed within the lab and reports it monthly to the Preservation Librarian.
• Order Materials, Supplies, and Services
  - Submits purchase orders to maintain plentiful stock of regular Preservation Unit materials and supplies. Coordinates with Heads of each Preservation Section, as well as the Preservation Director, to research, select, and order specialized unit materials, supplies, and some outside services. Maintains forms for supply requests from members of the Preservation Unit and spreadsheets for tracking the Unit’s expenditures throughout the Fiscal Year.
  
  Provides regular supply, shipping, and budget status updates to the Preservation Librarian, Preservation Director, and the Preservation Unit as a whole.
• Team Participation
  - Collaborates with Preservation employees to provide the best…